2bv7

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CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF GLTP WITH BOUND GM3

Overview

Glycolipids participate in many important cellular processes and they are, bound and transferred with high specificity by glycolipid transfer protein, (GLTP). We have solved three different X-ray structures of bovine GLTP at, 1.4 angstroms, 1.6 angstroms and 1.8 angstroms resolution, all with a, bound fatty acid or glycolipid. The 1.4 angstroms structure resembles the, recently characterized apo-form of the human GLTP but the other two, structures represent an intermediate conformation of the apo-GLTPs and the, human lactosylceramide-bound GLTP structure. These novel structures give, insight into the mechanism of lipid binding and how GLTP may, conformationally adapt to different lipids. Furthermore, based on the, structural comparison of the GLTP structures and the three-dimensional, ... [(full description)]

About this Structure

2BV7 is a [Single protein] structure of sequence from [Bos taurus] with SO4 and GM3 as [ligands]. Structure known Active Site: AC1. Full crystallographic information is available from [OCA].

Reference

Structural evidence for adaptive ligand binding of glycolipid transfer protein., Airenne TT, Kidron H, Nymalm Y, Nylund M, West G, Mattjus P, Salminen TA, J Mol Biol. 2006 Jan 13;355(2):224-36. Epub 2005 Nov 8. PMID:16309699

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